The top -2 finish of RCB in IPL 2025 is still alive – but only if it happens only. Cricket news

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday gave a golden opportunity to finish the top-two in IPL 2025 standing for a 42-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad.Chasing the target of a difficult 232-rin-Eshan Kishan prepared an unbeaten unbeaten unbeaten people off 48 balls-RCB required an accurate and aggressive approach with the bat.He got the initial speed through Phil Salat (32 runs 32), Virat Kohli (25 runs 25), and Jitesh Sharma (15 runs 15), but finally the visitors were thrown out for 189.

RCB’s reply started bright by 80 with Kohli and salt racing in the first seven overs. Kohli, recently retired from Test cricket, led the initial charge – surrounded two fours with Harshal Patel and a sweat of Ashan Malinga. However, his familiar weakness against the left-arm spin began again, as he was rejected by 22-year-old Harsh Dubey-the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 champion Vidarbh taking a major wicket. It has dropped Kohli in T20 for the 22nd time in a left -handed spin.Salt, meanwhile, began at a slow pace-to make 48 runs in 20 of the first 12 balls to score 14 to 14. A tennis-style Fourhand Six of Nitish Kumar Reddy stood outside for his nature. He reached half a century in 27 balls, but was soon disrupted by cramps and was rejected by Pat Cummins.Despite the frequent boundaries on a true pitch, RCB’s innings launched half of the latter. Captain Rajat Patidar (18) and Jitesh suppressed the 44 -run stand for the fourth wicket, with 173/3 in the 16th over. But as a result of a calamity mix-up, the Patidar was run out of the long difference. In the same over, Malinga dismissed the Roomario Shepherd for a golden duck, leading to a collapse.

Jitesh, along with Tim David – appeared to bear a hamstring injury – within nine deliverys, and the fight exited the RCB. He lost his last seven wickets for just 60 runs as Cummins (3/28) and Malinga (2/37), leading SRH’s bowling attempt to bowl.Can RCB still make the top two?The necklace looked at RCB in third place with 17 points, behind the Gujarat Titans (18) and Punjab Kings (17), hitting their net run rate. The disadvantage makes their top-two ambitions quite complicated. Even a win in their final league game may not be enough-they are now dependent on other results to fall on their side to secure a top-two finish.